items tagged with United Kingdom
Full English breakfast: bacon, sausage, eggs and an iPhone 3G
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-25 10:00:46
UK consumers looking to be first in line for the new Apple iPhone 3G had better set the alarm clock nice and early. Word on the street is that O2 stores will start selling them at 7am on the 11th July, but at what cost?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-25 10:00:46
UK consumers looking to be first in line for the new Apple iPhone 3G had better set the alarm clock nice and early. Word on the street is that O2 stores will start selling them at 7am on the 11th July, but at what cost?
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Credit crunch will not impact upon IT spending
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-06-25 05:11:53
That is the rather surprising conclusion of a VeriSign sponsored survey, published today. In fact 63 percent of the IT professionals questioned said there will be no such cut backs in the UK next year.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-06-25 05:11:53
That is the rather surprising conclusion of a VeriSign sponsored survey, published today. In fact 63 percent of the IT professionals questioned said there will be no such cut backs in the UK next year.
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Japan iPhone 3G prices close to US as promised by Jobs
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-23 17:05:34
Some were sceptical when Steve Jobs said the iPhone 3G would be sold around the world for $US199, but if you allow a little poetic licence it seems to be coming true. At least, that happens to be the case in Japan.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-23 17:05:34
Some were sceptical when Steve Jobs said the iPhone 3G would be sold around the world for $US199, but if you allow a little poetic licence it seems to be coming true. At least, that happens to be the case in Japan.
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Grand Theft Auto IV players in virtual paedo website sting
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-06-23 09:44:34
Some GTA IV players react badly to getting caught in a virtual paedo website sting operation, while playing the game! Liberty City Police Department respond with a five star wanted level when players try to access a certain website on the in-game web browser.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-06-23 09:44:34
Some GTA IV players react badly to getting caught in a virtual paedo website sting operation, while playing the game! Liberty City Police Department respond with a five star wanted level when players try to access a certain website on the in-game web browser.
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Google Earth helps teens party in other people's pools
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-06-22 17:42:41
A new craze driven by Google Earth and Facebook is keeping UK police forces busy. Teenagers are locating houses with swimming pools and arranging illegal parties known as dips.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-06-22 17:42:41
A new craze driven by Google Earth and Facebook is keeping UK police forces busy. Teenagers are locating houses with swimming pools and arranging illegal parties known as dips.
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Sexy texting in Scotland punishable by 10 year prison term
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-06-22 09:28:31
A new crime of 'communicating indecently' covering both email and text messaging has been announced in Scotland. Randy Scots who send messages of a sexual nature could face up to 10 years in jail as a result of the new Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-06-22 09:28:31
A new crime of 'communicating indecently' covering both email and text messaging has been announced in Scotland. Randy Scots who send messages of a sexual nature could face up to 10 years in jail as a result of the new Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill.
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100Mbps broadband comes to Scotland through the sewers
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-06-20 17:40:39
Upgrading broadband network infrastructure is fraught with problems: surface disruption to traffic, huge cost implications and ever lengthening time scales. The answer, it seems, could be to deliver the Internet using city sewer systems.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2008-06-20 17:40:39
Upgrading broadband network infrastructure is fraught with problems: surface disruption to traffic, huge cost implications and ever lengthening time scales. The answer, it seems, could be to deliver the Internet using city sewer systems.
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95 percent of UK game design degrees are sub-standard
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-06-19 09:04:50
The UK video game industry is facing an uncertain future as the majority of games design degree courses are labelled a waste of time by the industry. David Braben, creator of all time classic Elite, has gone on record to claim that 95 percent of courses are simply not fit for purpose. The resulting skills shortage could mean that £700m of foreign investment into the UK gets lost, along with 1,700 jobs, over the next five years according to gaming industry experts.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-06-19 09:04:50
The UK video game industry is facing an uncertain future as the majority of games design degree courses are labelled a waste of time by the industry. David Braben, creator of all time classic Elite, has gone on record to claim that 95 percent of courses are simply not fit for purpose. The resulting skills shortage could mean that £700m of foreign investment into the UK gets lost, along with 1,700 jobs, over the next five years according to gaming industry experts.
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Thieving British teens average 842 illegal tracks per iPod
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-06-18 16:48:53
The amount of music piracy amongst teenagers in the UK has reached epidemic proportions judging by a new survey, with illegal downloads to iPods the main source. New figures show that the number of illegal tracks on iPods is staggering.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-06-18 16:48:53
The amount of music piracy amongst teenagers in the UK has reached epidemic proportions judging by a new survey, with illegal downloads to iPods the main source. New figures show that the number of illegal tracks on iPods is staggering.
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Wii Fit girls destroying households
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-06-17 01:56:20
In the UK alone, women on household fitness crazes’ such as Wii Fit are getting carried away, the damage bill so far? AU$41.5 million.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-06-17 01:56:20
In the UK alone, women on household fitness crazes’ such as Wii Fit are getting carried away, the damage bill so far? AU$41.5 million.
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iPhone 3G: coming soon, but what price outside the US?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-09 15:32:07
Those anticipating immediate delivery of the new iPhone 3G have had their hopes dashed, with shipments starting in a little over a month. But how much will non-US customers have to pay?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-09 15:32:07
Those anticipating immediate delivery of the new iPhone 3G have had their hopes dashed, with shipments starting in a little over a month. But how much will non-US customers have to pay?
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iTunes movies finally reach Canada, UK - at a price
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-04 17:01:54
It's been a slow process, but Apple has finally extended iTunes movie sales and rentals beyond the borders of the US. But potential customers might not be happy when they compare prices with the US.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-04 17:01:54
It's been a slow process, but Apple has finally extended iTunes movie sales and rentals beyond the borders of the US. But potential customers might not be happy when they compare prices with the US.
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Giant tombstones may be Stonehenge
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-05-30 15:53:13
New seven-year investigative study by UK archaeologists concludes that Stonehenge was a cemetery, basing their conclusions on radiocarbon dating of human remains from the ancient site.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-05-30 15:53:13
New seven-year investigative study by UK archaeologists concludes that Stonehenge was a cemetery, basing their conclusions on radiocarbon dating of human remains from the ancient site.
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Internet TV – the (legal?) show everyone’s watching
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-22 06:50:44
With an apparent desire for “one digital media box to rule them all”, Internet video has finally come of age, according to Cisco, showing Internet video is highly popular in Australia and NZ. What are we watching?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-22 06:50:44
With an apparent desire for “one digital media box to rule them all”, Internet video has finally come of age, according to Cisco, showing Internet video is highly popular in Australia and NZ. What are we watching?
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Space aliens in U.S. and U.K. news, Vatican approves
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-14 08:20:57
Several media organizations are reporting in May 2008 about news, past and present, concerning extraterrestrials. Check out what the British government, U.S. astronauts, and the Vatican chief astronomer have to say.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-14 08:20:57
Several media organizations are reporting in May 2008 about news, past and present, concerning extraterrestrials. Check out what the British government, U.S. astronauts, and the Vatican chief astronomer have to say.
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Have you cleaned your keyboard today?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-05-09 00:20:37
When I saw the recent spate of newspaper and web headlines about germs on keyboards I thought they most likely originated from a study performed by or on behalf of a company that sells cleaning products. But that wasn't the case.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-05-09 00:20:37
When I saw the recent spate of newspaper and web headlines about germs on keyboards I thought they most likely originated from a study performed by or on behalf of a company that sells cleaning products. But that wasn't the case.
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ESA campaigning for new astronauts to Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-08 16:37:10
The European Space Agency is looking for at least four young, motivated scientists, engineers, and jet pilots for its next-generation of astronauts.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-08 16:37:10
The European Space Agency is looking for at least four young, motivated scientists, engineers, and jet pilots for its next-generation of astronauts.
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iPhone heading for multiple Australian carriers?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-01 02:39:14
All sorts of rumours and reports based on 'insider' information have been floating around about the arrival of the iPhone in Australia. The latest tips a non-exclusive arrangement with Optus.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-05-01 02:39:14
All sorts of rumours and reports based on 'insider' information have been floating around about the arrival of the iPhone in Australia. The latest tips a non-exclusive arrangement with Optus.
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GTA IV slays sales record in UK
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-04-30 20:54:00
As expected, Grand Theft Auto IV has eclipsed all other sales records before it. Sales figures for day one in the UK have been released, who won PS3 or Xbox 360?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-04-30 20:54:00
As expected, Grand Theft Auto IV has eclipsed all other sales records before it. Sales figures for day one in the UK have been released, who won PS3 or Xbox 360?
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SQL injection attack hits hundreds of thousands of web pages
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-04-27 17:32:23
An automated SQL injection attack has affected a large number of web sites - as in hundreds of thousands of pages - resulting in malware being downloaded to visitors' computers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-04-27 17:32:23
An automated SQL injection attack has affected a large number of web sites - as in hundreds of thousands of pages - resulting in malware being downloaded to visitors' computers.
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